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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Package security--action replaces talk

Drug firms start RFID tagging, and anti-counterfeiting tactics expand as packagers get more aggressive to protect brands.

May 31, 2005

Flexible packaging

Servos and robotics solve pouch-packing challenge

Stand-up pouches in three different sizes are automatically case packed at speeds to 90/min by this 12-axis, servo-controlled, robotic case packing system.

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Fat in the fire

Food and Drug Administration considers food labeling and packaging changes to highlight the dangers of obesity.

May 31, 2005

Closures

Temperature effects on torque and bottle opening

This original research from an SJSU graduate student looks at the effect of temperature on the removal torque of PP and HDPE closures.

May 31, 2005

Flexibles

Packaging trends from FMI

Convenience, portability, shaped bottles, and combination products were all the rage at May’s Food Marketing Institute show in Chicago.

May 31, 2005

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Slider zipper for large vf/f/s bags

INTERPACK : UVA Packaging has launched the Newton 400, a vf/f/s machine that applies SLIDER zippers from Zip-Pak to large format block bottom bags.

April 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric: Industrial PCs

Schneider Electric introduces the Magelis® Smart iPC, a thin client for Ethernet architectures, and the Magelis Compact iPC, designed for embedding in compact machines or enclosures.

April 30, 2005

Flexibles

Sleeve-labeled milk bottle makes a 'Happy Meal' for McDonald's

McDonald’s doubled its milk sales with last summer’s rollout of 8-oz milks in HDPE bottles. The switch from gable-top cartons prompted significant changes at participating dairies.

April 30, 2005

Flexibles

Onions take to thermoforms

For both foodservice and retail channels, Gills Onions is now offering rigid packaging as an alternative to flexible film bags.

April 30, 2005

Closures

Eastpack plus five co-located shows

Eastpack, running June 13-15 at New York’s Javits Center, is the biggest event of its kind on the East Coast and is one of five co-located shows that can be accessed with one badge.

April 30, 2005

Flexibles

Domino sweetens sugar packaging

Sugar is the latest product to turn to a handled high-density polyethylene container.

April 30, 2005

Contract packaging

Bulldog-Mentality Changeover Tactics (sidebar)

The Importance of Relationships

March 31, 2005